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A magnitude 5.8 undersea earthquake shook the eastern side of Indonesia on Sunday morning, injuring 29 people, including two in ...
Oregon state Rep. Paul Evans, D-Monmouth, has been introducing legislation to modernize the state’s emergency preparedness and response processes for years.
Rep. Paul Evans said last week's tsunami warning highlighted how Oregon is behind other states in providing quality information.
Due to this extreme risk, tsunami early warning systems are a necessity. They provide immediate warnings and educate communities on safety measures.
In the evening on Tuesday July 29, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula leading to widespread tsunami warnings along the entire Pacific Coast of the United ...
“Many, many people are in the flood and tsunami zone, so that creates a problem getting out of that area, and then where do they go? You know, that’s another big problem.” ...
But just how effective are the detection, forecasting, and warning systems that are in place around the world? “After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the scientific community advocated for a warning ...
All Los Angeles County beaches were reopened after the cancelation of a tsunami advisory that had been triggered by an earthquake off Russia's coast.
Following the powerful earthquake originating off the coast of Russia, a UN organization’s early warning systems triggered a tsunami alert within just 10 minutes.
Dave Snider, Warning Coordinator with the Tsunami Warning Center, says Alaska got lucky after the magnitude 8.8 earthquake Tuesday in Russia's Kamchatka region.
The magnitude 8.8 quakes struck off the coast of Russia and generated tsunami warnings for a broad section of the Pacific, including Alaska, Hawaii and California.
Tsunami alerts lowered in much of South America In South America, three of the four countries with coastlines on the Pacific lifted the tsunami warnings.